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CBS News/New York Times Election Day Surveys, 1982 (ICPSR 8168)

Principal Investigator(s):CBS News; The New York Times

Summary:

This poll is part of a continuing series of monthly surveys
that solicit public opinion on the presidency and on a range of other
political and social issues. Interviews were conducted with
respondents as they left their polling places on Election Day,
November 7, 1982. Data include respondent's vote for governor,
questions specific to the gubernatorial race in each state, and the
respondent's rating of Ronald Reagan as president. The 31 datasets
consist of 27 state and four regional f... (more info)

This poll is part of a continuing series of monthly surveys
that solicit public opinion on the presidency and on a range of other
political and social issues. Interviews were conducted with
respondents as they left their polling places on Election Day,
November 7, 1982. Data include respondent's vote for governor,
questions specific to the gubernatorial race in each state, and the
respondent's rating of Ronald Reagan as president. The 31 datasets
consist of 27 state and four regional files. The four regional
datasets (Parts 28-31), taken together, make up the national
poll. Demographic information on respondents, such as sex, age, race,
political affiliation, income, financial state as compared to previous
year, and employment status of head of household, were also
collected.

Study Description

Citation

CBS News, and The New York Times. CBS News/New York Times Election Day Surveys, 1982. ICPSR08168-v2. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research[distributor], 1984. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08168.v2

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Methodology

Extent of Processing: ICPSR data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of
disclosure. ICPSR also routinely creates ready-to-go data files along with setups in the major
statistical software formats as well as standard codebooks to accompany the data. In addition to
these procedures, ICPSR performed the following processing steps for this data collection: